Reservoir Emissions / Letters

Submitted to CDM Methodology Panel 

Title of new baseline methodology: Grid-connected hydroelectric power generation projects in low-density vegetation areas where average water temperature is low (NM0196).

Barbara Haya
Consultant
International Rivers
December 19, 2006

Submitted to CDM Methodology Panel

Title of new baseline methodology: Hydropower Projects that Create New Reservoirs or Expand Existing Ones (NM0121)

Comments on AES Panama's Project Design Document for Bayano Hydroelectric Project Requesting Validation for Senter Internationaal’s CERUPT Carbon Credit Programme

Submitted to SGS

Summary

SGS should not validate Bayano Hydroelectric Project as a CDM project. The project is non–additional – it is already more than two–thirds complete and is scheduled to be completed whether or not it receives carbon credits.